A Specimen

She's a Specimen. She is a Creature. She is unlike anything you've seen.

She's got a beauty that has been hidden for most of her life. I have just seen it for the first time. I have a feeling there is still some hiding. It was hidden by her gangly arms and lack of eye contact. It dwelled behind her crooked teeth and scraggly hair.

She doesn't do things her age. She does other things. Animals. Drawing. Reading. She loves those things.

She's tall. She looks down on others. She is quiet. She is witty and clever, but she doesn't talk directly to anyone. She has a commentary to herself about the surrounding conversation. I don't know what to do with it. Do I respond? Does she mean to be heard? Do I laugh? It doesn't seem like her words are aimed at anyone. It's more of a broad but quiet cannon, shooting the thoughts out. Whoever wants to be hit by the shrapnel of her mind may do so. I don't know if I want to.

She really is a Creature. Unlike other creatures.

Most things are shit

**THIS CONTAINS GRAPHIC THINGS SO DON'T BE SEARCHING IF YOU CAN'T HANLDE IT**


Lately, I have realized that most things nowadays are shit.


End of story. But since that is not a good blog post, I will elaborate.



O I L S P I L L S are shit.

I S I S is shit.

P R I S O N S are shit.

L E A D E R S are shit.

C A M P U S R A P E is shit.

C H I L D S O L D I E R S are shit.

M U R D E R is shit.

R E L I G I O N is shit.

F O O D is shit.

S C H O O L S are shit.

M U S I C is shit.









BUT -


I believe in magic
I believe that one day
or maybe even today

we                    can

see

God's Grandeur.

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;

    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil

Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?

Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;

    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;

    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil

Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;

    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;

And though the last lights off the black West went

    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —

Because the Holy Ghost over the bent

    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

-Hopkins

Wedding Etiquette

There are so many wedding etiquette rules that I find stupid.

Here is the most recent one that I have come upon:

Sources: 

• theknot.com
• huffingtonpost.com
• weddingwire.com
• and various other places

The rule:

Don't put wedding registry information on any wedding invites.

Reasoning:

Who the hell knows?

-or maybe-

When sending an invite you are requesting their presence not their presents. 

The "solution":

Put wedding registry information on your wedding website (because everyone knows everyone has one of those *disgusted hocking loogie noise*)

or

Just have it spread word of mouth of course *another disgusted loogie noise*

Real Talk:

Ok, I'm inviting you to my wedding reception. I (kind of) expect you to come. I also expect you to bring me something. Do I expect you to bring me something because that expectation was created within me? NO, I have been told my whole life through words and examples that that is what happens when someone gets married. So here's my take on the whole sitch. 

You know I want you to bring me a present. I know you feel like you should bring me a present. You know its a hassle to find something that I and my new husband will like. I know that you want it made as easy as possible. I am not buying that whole **let's pretend I am not expecting you to bring me something** thing when everyone knows that you are expected to bring me something. So why bother with that ancient, antiquated, decrepit rule and instead make it easier. I am going to tell you on my wedding reception invitation because you also don't want to have to go look at my wedding website or call my mom or his mom and ask where I am registered. 

Let's be real people. 

Thanks

~ oh and by the way, I am registered at amazon.com so if any of you want to buy me a wedding present, head to amazon.com to mine and Christopher's registry and take your pic - Thanks in advance ;) ~

P.E. Class Evaluation

Here is what I wrote for the PE course evaluation in the section where it said how could the course be improved:

"It is a pointless class that I learned nothing in. Also, the Placeout exam is totally bogus. I doubt even a professor in the Kinesiology and Health dept could pass with anything more than an 80. It is definitely tailored so that students will not pass it or if they do pass it, they get so low a score that it would be better for them to just complete the labs. I find that completely nonsensical. I studied for the exam and passed, but the best I could have received a mid-80 in the class. Why even offer the exam if it is designed for students to fail? Then they have to do all of those pointless labs which do not teach anyone anything. I'm 90% sure that most people make up all of the information on those labs anyway. It is a totally pointless class. 

Also, I play for a club team here at UW, but since I wasn't playing during the summer (it has to be concurrent) it didn't count towards the activity. I think that is silly. I have played for the last 4 semesters and I plan on playing next year. Why is that not good enough? Why does it not count if I am not playing during the class? I find this whole PE credit to be a waste of my time, energy, and frustration. It is pointless and I am glad to be done with it. By the way, did I mention it was pointless and the Placeout exam is fraudulent?"

Here is what I wrote in the section where it asked what was good about the class:

"It was easy"